“Intensely human” – The Missing Pieces of Sophie McCarthy by BM Carroll
“This attraction to difficulty” – The Rub of Time by Martin Amis
50 books we’re looking forward to in 2019 (Pt 5)
50 books we’re looking forward to in 2019 (Pt 4)
50 books we’re looking forward to in 2019 (Pt 3)
50 books we’re looking forward to in 2019 (Pt 2)
50 books we’re looking forward to in 2019 (Pt 1)
“As memorable as it is unique” – The Litten Path by James Clarke
“Everything that you would want it to be” – Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz
“A worthy swansong ” – Sincerity by Carol Ann Duffy
“Not always easy to swallow” – Slum Wolf by Tadao Tsuge
On The Pile: November
“Packs a whole world into 20,000 words” – Shitstorm by Fernando Sdrigotti
“A Madmaid’s Tale” – Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates
“A posthumous greatest hits collection” – Night Train by Thom Jones
“A Daily Mail reader’s nightmare” – The Study Circle by Haroun Khan
“A curious, semi-fictional memoir” – Passing for Human by Liana Finck
“Full of words that twinkle” – Fox 8 by George Saunders
“Essential” – Alt-America by David Neiwart
“Burning hot to the touch” – Running Upon The Wires by Kate Tempest
“Aphorisms for somnambulists” – The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
“Full of bird facts” – The End of the End of the Earth by Jonathan Franzen
“A post-Brexit take on Daniel Clowes’ Wilson” – Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds
“Pitched for the curious amateur” – Talk on the Wild Side by Lane Greene
“As good as his best work” – Notes From The Fog by Ben Marcus
“Certainly shows promise” – The Incendiaries by RO Kwon
“A deeply political book” – China Dream by Ma Jian
“A tale for our times” – The Little Snake by AL Kennedy
